Sensitivity and specificity of a real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction detecting feline coronavirus mutations in effusion and serum/plasma of cats to diagnose feline infectious peritonitis

Table 5 Results of effusion samples^a

FIP feline infectious peritonitis
^aBLD (feline coronavirus present, but below limit of detection) and IND (feline coronavirus present, but indeterminate sequence variations) were defined as negative for statistical analysis, as the pathotype could not be determined. A mixed pathotype of feline infectious peritonitis virus and feline enteric coronavirus was defined as positive, as the mutated pathotype was detected

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